Pays de la Loire

Pays de la Loire is a region of northwestern France that was created in the 1950s with Nantes as its capital. The region was formed out of 20% of historical Brittany, the former County of Anjou, the former County of Maine, and the Vendee region, and the region is home to the Chateau of the Dukes of Brittany in Nantes, the castles of Angers, Laval, and Mayenne, Fontevraud Abbey, and the old city of Le Mans. In 2015, it had a population of 3,553,353 people.